Once considered cellular junk, non-coding RNAs are emerging as key players in everything from brain development to cancer — ...

Nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA play a central role in gene therapies and vaccines. They store and transmit biological ...

Researchers have built a series of CRISPR-based platforms that can switch endogenous genes on and, just as critically, dial ...

Researchers revealed a CRISPR system that activates gene expression rather than cutting DNA, using RNA-guided targeting. The ...

UC Riverside researchers have identified a mechanism that allows plants to rapidly slow growth in response to extreme ...

There's renewed debate on the future of mRNA vaccines, and Johns Hopkins researchers want to clear up some misconceptions around the shots. The mRNA vaccines gained attention during the height of ...

The question of how life began has traditionally been left to myth, philosophy, or religious faith, writes Dr James Williams.

For decades, scientists studying brain disorders have focused almost exclusively on proteins and the genes encoding them. Now ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and MetroHealth System have developed a ...

Researchers uncover how plants instantly dial down growth under stress, a survival strategy that could improve future crop ...

Collaboration between the UCO's Agronomy and Genetics departments was key to sequencing the genome of this pathogen, which is ...

Critical Path Institute® (C-Path) today announced the launch of One to Millions, a global, multi-stakeholder public-private ...